Church Documents

OFFICIAL CHURCH DOCUMENTS (ON THE BIBLE)
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/bible.htm  
Among others: Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (1965), Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1994), Pius XII in Divino Afflante Spiritu (1943), Pastoral Statement for Catholics on Biblical Fundamentalism (1987) (from the ad hoc committee of Catholic Bishops chaired by Archbishop Whealen), Catholics and Fundamentalism: a Contrast (Pastoral Letter to Catholics in Alabama and Mississippi). A very important document issued by the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 1964 is not included here, "Instruction on the Historical Truth of the Gospels." (See Felix Just SJ site).

See the New Jerome Biblical Commentary 1166-1174.

Vatican II Document on Divine Revelation
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html

BIBLICAL RESOURCE FOR STUDENT AND PUBLIC USE 
http://catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/
Compiled by Felix Just SJ from Loyola Marymount University. Extremely rich collection of documents: Lectionary, Documenters relating to Bible studies, Gospels, Paul and Epistles, Revelation, Charts & Handouts, Bible translations, Christological Titles, Texts related to the Mass, Lists to other Websites, Professional Biblical Organizations & Journals, Bookstores, Art.

VATICAN  
http://www.vatican.va/index.htm 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE  
http://www.usccb.org/

THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR SACRED SCRIPTURES IN THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20020212_popolo-ebraico_en.html 
Pontifical Biblical Commission. 

LE PEUPLE JUIF ET SES SAINTES CRITURES DANS LA BIBLE CHRTIENNE 
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20020212_popolo-ebraico_fr.html
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_doc_index.htm
  http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20020212_popolo-ebraico_en.html From the Pontifical Biblical Commission. French, Italian, English. 

PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION DOCUMENTS 
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_doc_index.htm
List of documents issued by the Commission.

 

REFLECTIONS ON COVENANT AND MISSION  

http://hebrewcatholic.org/FaithandTheology/Reflections-Covenant-Mission/reflectionsoncov.html
Issued by the National Council for Synagogues and Delegates of the Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs


The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
http://catholic-resources.org/ChurchDocs/PBC_Interp.htm
With Outline. 1993.

Gift of Scripture   
http://www.cliftondiocese.com/the-gift-of-scripture-a-new-teaching-document-from-the-bishops-of-england-wales-and-scotland
Bishops of England Wales and Scotland, Oct. 4, 2005
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Pope's Address to the Biblical Commission   

The Pontifical Biblical Commission is working on inspiration and interpretation.

 

 
Mysterium Ecclesiae

http://www.saint-mike.org/library/curia/congregations/faith/mysterium_ecclesiae.ht

On the interpretation of Church documents, issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1973.See Francis Schussler Fiorenza and John Galvin, Systematic Theology 2011, p. 39. "This document affirmed several points (1) the incompleteness of every doctrinal affirmation; (2) the contextuality of doctrinal affirmations insofar s they are responses to particular questions ;3) the linguisticality of all doctrines (4); the distinction between the truth affirmed in a particular doctrinal formulation and the philosophical categories and worldviews used to express that truth.